\chapter{Introduction}

In order to fulfill the degree requirements set forth by the Canadian
Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), Systems Design Engineering students must
carefully select electives in third and forth year to satisfy the minimum
required course hours in subjects covering Mathematics, Engineering Science,
Engineering Design and Complementary Studies. In order to help Systems Design
students make informed decisions about future course enrollments, the department
provides students with an electronic CEAB ``planner'', to help students verify
that their academic plans will allow them to graduate at the end of 4B.

A ``Planner'', outlining a student's course selections, must be submitted
following the 3A term to your Undergrad Advisor to ensure that a student will
complete the requirements for graduation. If course changes are made after the
planner has been submitted, the planner must be revised and submitted for
re-approval. A final submission of the planner is required at the beginning of
the 4B term.

\section{Problem Statement}
The current CEAB Planner solution maintained by the department of Systems
Design Engineering, has been found to be unable to address the needs of Systems
Design Students. The current system suffers from:
\begin{inparaenum}
\item Poor user interface design,
\item Intermittent availability,
\item Frequent unresponsiveness, and,
\item An inability to interact with other course scheduling services
provided by UW, such as Quest.
\end{inparaenum}

It is proposed that a new CEAB Planner, called CEAB++, be designed to address the deficiencies in
the current planner system, improving user experience for current and future
Systems Design Engineering students.
